My 100th Rebirth a day before the Apocalypse novel Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Chapter 9 Changes

"We're almost out of gas, we'll stop at a gas station for refill." She sent it to Duke while munching on potato chips.

Keith looked at his sister's relaxed and carefree appearance in the passenger seat. He, on the other hand, felt dreadful, his palms were sweating while anticipating the upcoming chaos, every second passed felt like a decade and butterflies fluttered in his stomach.

He inhaled and exhaled deeply to relax his nerves, and cleared his mind.

"Stop thinking about it, we'll cross the bridge when we get there." Kisha stated with a deadpan expression.

"I'm trying but we only have more than 6 hours before then." He mumbled like a child, pouting.

"By then, we'll be in the base Duke prepared. We have a great headstart than everyone else."

"What if unexpected things happen?" He feels pessimistic even before it happened.

Grandma slapped his arm with knitted brows. "What's wrong with you?! Don't jinx it."

"Son, a soldier can't run in a war. It's okay to be nervous but don't let your anxiety kill your will to fight, else, you wouldn't even know how you died." Grandpa patted his shoulder, trying to comfort him and give him strength. "We have each other. Don't overthink things."

Feeling that they were right, he relaxed a little and parked the car at the gas station.

While Keith was filling the tank, Kisha and her grandparents went to the store to buy some more snacks and other necessities they needed.

Duke also followed suit and let his people fill their tanks and went to follow Kisha inside the store. He filled Kisha in on the progress of the supplies.

"We've got hundreds of livestock of different variations, It was all sent in the valley along the fruit trees and seeds." Then showed her his phone screen showing the pictures of the livestock and other items being pulled to the big warehouse. "I got them to lock the place down so that the animal will not be affected by the blood rain or be attacked by zombies just in case."

Her brows raised and looked at him up and down. "You're meticulous." She commented.

His eyes twitch. "Why do I feel like this woman is making fun of me?" He thought to himself and cleared his throat.

So he decided to tease her a little. He dialed Tristan and in a few seconds, it was answered.

"Do you have other instruction, master?"

"Let the animals bask in the sun and take a shower in the rain later."

Tristan and Kisha were surprised.

Tristan was aggrieved and a little resentful as they just finished pulling the animals inside and he wanted them to pull them out again? He pursed his lips

"No! no!" Kisha was flustered and immediately held his arm that was holding the phone.

"This guy is so petty! If I did not know better, I would think that he has retained some of his memory." She thought as she glared at him.

Duke was enjoying what he was seeing, he smirked. "I thought you were not satisfied with my arrangements earlier so I want to rearrange them again."

Kisha smiled sweetly and acted fawningly. "What are you talking about big brother? Haven't I just commended your meticulousness?!" But she can't stop her eyes and the corner of her lips twitching.

"I thought you snorted at me and thought I was incompetent?" He acted as if he was wronged.

"Who said that?! Aren't you the most capable?!"

Tristan on the other side of the phone heard everything and was in a state of shock. "Where was the Duke Winters that never jokes around and is 24/7 serious?" He inhaled but suddenly clasped his free hand in his mouth trying not to make a sound.

Kisha complained in her heart. "He used to be stoic and just a plain iceberg. Why is he acting chummy now? Did he hit his head?"

Having enough fun he told Tristan to continue storing the important items in the warehouse and told him to always update him on the progress.